I would be curious about the lateness of it, grown
side by side with a generic pink Brandywine.
If TBB is earlier, that could be a result of selection
by the person that grew TBB out to a stable OP
cultivar, but I would suspect that it is a cross with
some more modern dark-fruited cultivar , most of
which are earlier than Brandywine.
If it is about the same, that means pretty much nothing.
If it is later than Brandywine, that would lend weight to
the assertion that a selection from a mid-19th century cultivar
like Fiji is a direct parent.
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